Fly-paper holder



March 2931927.

J. L. KILLION FLY PAPER HOLDER Filed March 29, 1926 Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH L. KILLION, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Application filed March 29, 1926.

My present invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and highly efiicient and sanitary holder for sticky fly paper, and to this end consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view principally in longitudinal central section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 4 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 5 indicates a box-like casing having an open bottom normally closed by a bottom plate 6. Said casing 5 and bottom plate 6 are formed from sheet metal and said plate is slidably mounted in grooves 7 formed in the longitudinal sides of said casing by folding said sides. The ends of the bottom plat-e 6 are turned downward to afford wide supporting feet 8 for the casing 5 and are free to slide between the depending sides of said casing.

The stock in the casing 5 at the longitudinal upper edges thereof is folded to form guide flanges 9 that are spaced above and overlie the top of said casing. Formed in the top of the casing 5 are intermediate and two end transverse slot-like passages 10 and 1.1, respectively. Intermediate and end spindles 12 and 13, respectively, extend transversely in the casing 5 under the passages 10 and 11, respectively, and parallel thereto. The intermediate spindle 12 is journaled in the casing 5 by a fixed bearing 14 secured to one of the sides of said casing and a movable bearing 15 on a spring arin 16 secured to the other side of said casing. The bearings 14: and 15 are in the form of conical points mounted in correspondingly formed seats in the ends of the spindle 12. Obviously, by springing the arm 16 the bearing 15 may be released from its seat to permit the intermediate spindle 12 to be removed from the casing 5 through the open bottom thereof.

The spindles 13 are mounted in bore-like seats in the sides of the casing 5, and are Serial No. 98,300.

removable therefrom by axial movement.

On one end of each spindle 13 outward of the casing 5 is a knob 17 by which it may be rotated and the other end of which is reduced to form an annular shoulder 18 arranged to engage the respective side of the casing 5 as a stop to limit the axial movement of said spindle into said casing and properly position the same.

Formed in each spindle 13 between its knob 17 and the casing 5 is an annular lock groove 19 into which projects a latch plate 20 pivoted to the casing 5. This latch plate 20 permits free rotation of the respective spindle 13 but holds the same against axial removal from the casing 5. Each spindle 13 is longitudinally split through its reduced end to substantially the groove 19 for a pur pose which will presently appear.

Overlying the top of the casing 5 and spaced thereabove is a grid comprising a plurality of laterally spaced parallel rods 21 carried by upstanding lugs 22 on the ends of the casing 5.

Mounted on the intermediate spindle 12 is a roll a; of two-ply sticky fly papery, the sticky sides of which are turned toward each other. The outer ends of the two-ply fly paper y are secured, one to each of the spindles 13 by being inserted through the longitudinal split therein and arranged to be wound thereon by turning the knob 17 to wind said plies thereon as the same are un wound from the roll at. Between the spindles 13 and intermediate spindle 12 the two plies of fly paper y extend upward through the passage 10 and are then drawn apart and laid flat on the top of the casing 5 and from thence they extend again into the casing through the passage 11 to the spindles 13. The longitudinal edges of the two plies of the fly paper 1 on the top of the casing 5 extend under the guides 9 and are held thereby on said casing. The grid 21 prevents articles from being placed on the exposed sticky surfaces of the fly paper.

As the exposed surfaces of the sticky fly paper become covered with flies the spindles 13 are rotated by the knobs 17 to wind said paper thereon and at the same time unwind said paper from the roll a" to expose a fresh supply on the top of the casing 5.

When the roll at has been entirely used up the two plies of the fly paper y are completely wound onto the spindles 13 and the latch plates 20 are then operated to release will said spindles and the spindles'pulled axially out of the casing 5 which strips the rolls of used fly paper therefrom which may thereafter be removed from the casing and thrown away.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. In a holder of the kind described, the combination with a casing having-a pair of guides, of a pair of spindles journaled in said casing, a roll of sticky fly papermounted on one of said spindles and'haying its outer end attached to and arranged to be wound on the other'thereof asthe 's'a'me is unwound from the roll, s aid p'aper between said spindles being'held by said guides and supported on said casing, and guide flanges on the casing overlapping the longitudinal edges of the exposed portion of saidpaper.

2. In a holder of the kind described, the combination with a casing having a pair of guides, of a pair of spindles jou'rnaled in said casing, a rollof sticky fiy pape'r mounted on one of said spindles and'having its outer end attached to and arranged to he wound on the other thereof as the same is unwound from the roll, said paper between said spindles'being held by saidguides and supported on said casing, said casing-having are 1,622,591

a displaceable slidable bottom plate provided with supporting feet.

8. In a holder of the kind described, the combination with a box-like easing having at its top an intermediate guide passage and two-end guide passages, of an intern'iediate spindle and two end spindles mounted in the casing, a roll of two-ply sticky fly paper mounted on the intermediate spindle, the outer end portions of said plies being inserted through said intern'iediate guidepassage, separated and'the two plies'turncd in opposite directions and laid on the top of the casing, inse'rted'through said end guide passages and attached one to each of the end spindles for winding the same thereon.

4. The structure defined in claim 3 in which said casing has'an'open bottom and a displaceable bottom plate normally closing the same, saidintermediate spindle being displaeeable through the open bottom of the casing and said "end spindles being mounted for separation from the paper wound thereon by an axial movement out of said casing.

In testimony whereof I a'llix my signature.

JOSEPH L. KlLLl't lN. 

